• Though the focus will be on terrorism and specific steps which are required to be taken to prevent terrorist attacks, many of the issues that the states needed to address were structural in nature like increasing the number of police personnel, improving their efficiency by providing better weaponry and other equipments, better collection and sharing of intelligence

• The Centre will inform the states about the measures that it had taken in the wake of Mumbai attacks, especially those related to the overhaul of the intelligence gathering mechanism and coastal security

• The states would also be encouraged to take the benefit of a number of schemes under which they are entitled for central financial assistance for security-related measures

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will also address the meeting which will be attended by Defence Minister A K Antony and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, besides the Home Minister